Der eiserne Film. Bilder aus Deutschlands Kriegsschmiede (1917)

Part 1: Coking Plant (missing) Part 2: Blast Furnace; Blast furnace facilities; charging the blast furnace; flaring of escaping gases; blast furnace tapping; pig iron flows into the ladle; the works railway journey to the steelworks. Part 3: Steelworks; Pig iron is poured from ladles into the pig iron mixer; emptying of the mixer amidst a shower of sparks; loading of pig iron using a magnetic crane; charging of the melting furnace; women’s work in the steelworks; pig iron is poured into the converter; steel production in the converter; extraction of Thomas meal from the slag; Emptying of the converter into the ladle; filling of the moulds; transport of the steel ingots to the rolling mill. Part 4: The Rolling Mill; Processing of the crude steel ingot in the billet rolling mill; women transporting iron billets to the wire rolling mill; production of wire in the wire rolling mill; removal of the wire coils. Part 5: Storage and Loading; Use of loading bridges; transport of section steel via the loading bridge using overhead cranes; removal of the steel by rail; air raid alarm, workers take shelter in an underground bunker. Part 6: Shell production; Women at work in the core-making shop; shaping the core; preparing the moulds for shell casting; casting the shell casings; workshop of the shell turning shop; machining the shell casings with guide rings; loading the shells. Part 7: Russians (missing)